How well do the Central England Temperature and the England and Wales Precipitation series represent the climate of the UK?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2287-2292

  Croxton, P J ^a   Huber, K ^b   Collinson, N ^c   Sparks, T H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Correlation; Met Office; Met station; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS;

METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845501171     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1378     Document Type: Article

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